In both of my Chardonnays from last year. Is it related to the sulfur used on the vineyard itself? Is there something I can do to get it out of the wine? ...

I know what I'm reading in the winemaking-FAQ: (Start SG - Finish SG) / 0.0074 = % alc That's easy enough. It's not consistent with what I think...

After tasting a friend's Cabernet blend I am looking forward at getting a couple of oak barrels. One for red wine and 1 for white wine. I am finding very...

A few country wines ready to rack off the secondary. I'd like to top up the next carboy with nectars or juices as I know I will want these wines at a 1 or 2...

I just wondered if someone could tell the ideal specs for my wine cellar as far as temperature and humidity.

We had a great amateur wine contest last Saturday. I've listed the Best-Of-Show winners below and you can see all of the winners, in various categories, by...

Dear All, I want to store self-made wine in plastic watercontainers. These watercontainers are sold by camping-stores and are made of clear plastic. They are...

First I want to thank all of you for all of your help. As you can tell I am new to all this but very excited. I have made a hard cider from a simple recipe....

I am making apple cider and am very interested in making a strong, intensely flavored applejack without buying a still. All the recipes I see involve bringing...

I'm going to rack a barrel that I think has some modest H2S and I'm wondering whether I can achieve the same effect by sparging the barrel of wine with O2. It...

I hope someone here can answer my question. Are blush wines rosés, or is there a difference? -- Dena Jo (Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)

Making a kit wine. The bag of elderflowers is to be removed when racking off the primary, but now I have elderflowers everywhere in the must. Any thoughts on...

What exactly happens to wines at higher than optimal pH? Does the acid protect from spoilage, oxidation, or what? And (the main reason I'm asking the question...

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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had any idea what concentration the typical isinglass solutions are made up to (e.g. 0.5% by weight)? (i.e. how much solid...

Anyone in Souther Ontario have any comments, pro or con re Festa Juice. I know they are sold at a number of locations and their head facility is near where...

On 11/10/03 12:38 PM, in article 3fafdbd4$0$6960$afc38c87@, "Jack Schmidling" wrote: Got my $39 refractometer and can't believe these things...

does anyone have a recipe for raspberry wine, i would be most grateful for any information, as i have four pounds of them in the freezer waiting some...

I was wondering why reisling (ie... ei?) is often the wine used in fruit flavoured wines, such as Apple Reisling and cranberry etc. Is it just a less expensive...

Hello, What exactly is Residual Sugar? One of the local wineries we visit gives a residual sugar reading for each of their wines. This gives you an idea of...

Trying to lower CO2 from 50 to 20 in order to start MLF in my merlot. I "dribbled" it in a long thread of juice about two feet long from one secondary carboy...

Heres the start: 14% PA 1.100 SG 25 brix Constant 70degree F temp. After 96 hours : 10 % PA 1.074 SG 17 brix Does it look like everything is on track? ...

Trying to lower CO2 from 50 to 20 in order to start MLF in my merlot. I "dribbled" it in a long thread of juice about two feet long from one secondary carboy...

OK, here's an engineering challenge... I, er, well I dropped a plastic lees stirrer into the depths of a barrel of wine. It's sitting at the bottom of the...

Does anyone know if splenda would work in wine? Spenda is sucralose which is made from sugar.